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alan78
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

all 'FILE EXPLORER' FILE icons flashing whenever dropbox is running

As of today drop box is causing the file icons in ANY/ALL open explorer windows to flash constantly between the correct icon image and the default windows 'no icon' icon. if i KILL the dropbox proc...
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RonAZ1
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Hi Tim,

So now I think I might be having 2 problems at the same time, the Dropbox issue and also maybe a bad cable on the hard drive.  I'm going to switch over to a laptop docked to my monitor system and see how that works, while I figure out what to do about my desktop computer.  I just don't have time to try to figure it all out while I'm as busy as I am.  Thanks again for sharing your findings.

Best,

Ron

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clevercrow1
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Glad to hear that your one problem has a straightforward logical explanation.

Hope that Dropbox support is able to make progress on our common problem.

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